Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Solutions Poem 3 – I am Every Woman

Poem 3 – I am Every Woman

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi  10th English Guide I am Every Woman Textbook Questions and Answers

A. Read the lines and answer the questions.

Question 1.
The summer of life she’s ready to see in spring.
She says, “Spring will come again, my dear Let me care for the ones who’re near.”
(a) What does the word summer mean here?
(b) How does she take a life?
(c) What does she mean by “spring will come again”?
Answer:
(a) Summer here means Difficulties in women life
(b) She takes life optimistically.
(c) By the phrase ‘spring will come again’, the poet means that the future will be better.

Question 2.
Strong is she in her faith and belief.
“Persistence is the key to everything,” says she.
(a) What is she strong about?
(b) How does she deal with the adversities in life?
Answer:
(a) She is strong about her faith and belief.
(b) She is strong in her faith and belief and is determined while dealing with the adversities in life.

Question 3.
Despite the sighs and groans and moans,
She’s strong in her faith, firm in her belief!
(a) Is she complaining about the problems of life?
(b) Pick out the words that show her grit.
Answer:
(a) No she is not complaining about the problems of life.
(b) The words that show her grit are strong and firm.

Question 4.
Don’t ever try to saw her pride, her self-respect.
She knows how to thaw you, saw you-so beware!
(a) What do the words thaw and saw mean here?
(b) What is the tone of the author?
Answer:
(a) Thaw and saw means that she will reduce you to nothing.
(b) The tone of the poetess is cautious about careful intervention.

Question 5.
She’s today’s woman. Today’s woman dear.
Love her, respect her, keep her near …
(a) Describe today’s woman according to the poet.
(b) How should a woman be treated?
Answer:
(a) Today’s woman is a woman born with determination, ready to take risks in life, and is strong in her faith and beliefs.
(b) A woman should be treated with love and respect.

Additional Questions

(i) “A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She’s real, she’s not fake!”
(a) What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?
(b) Pick out the rhyming words.
(c) What is meant by ‘innate’?
(d) Explain the line, ‘She puts her life at stake’.
(e) What do you understand by the term, ‘not a fake’?
Answer:
(a) ‘abcc’ is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza.
(b) The rhyming words are stake and fake.
(c) ‘Innate’ means inborn.
(d) The line is an indication that a woman is willing to take risks in life.
(e) By ‘not a fake’ one can understand that a woman is genuine and real.

(ii) “Let me care for the ones who are near.
She’s The Woman – she has no fear!”
(a) What kind of a woman do you see in the above lines?
(b) Pick out the rhyming words.
(c) What is the immediate duty that she wants to concentrate on?
Answer:
(a) I see a fearless woman in the above line,
(b) The rhyming words are near and dear.
(c) She wants to concentrate on the thought of caring for the near and dear ones.

(iii) “She’s a lioness; don’t mess with her.
She ’ll not spare you if you ’re a prankster.
Don’t ever try to saw her pride, her self-respect.
She knows how to thaw you, saw you – so beware!”
(a) Who is a prankster?
(b) What is the rhyme scheme?
(c) To whom is the poem addressed?
(d) What is the warning given by the poetess?
(e) What is the woman capable of?
Answer:
(a) A prankster is one who pretends to be mischievous.
(b) ‘aaba’ is the rhyme scheme in the above lines.
(c) The poem is addressed to the male readers who generally underestimate a woman.
(d) The poetess warns the male readers to refrain from sawing a woman’s pride and self-respect.
(e) The woman is capable of thawing and slicing down a person’s underestimated thoughts.

B. Read the lines and identify the figure of speech.

1. A woman is beauty innate,
A symbol of power and strength.
She puts her life at stake,
She’s real, she’s not fake!
(a) Pick out the rhyming words from the above lines.
(b) Add another word that rhymes with it.
(c) Give the rhyme scheme for the above lines.
Answer:
(a) The rhyming words are: ‘stake and fake’
(b) innate-checkmate, strength-length, stake-spake, fake-make
(c) The rhyme scheme is ‘abcc’

2. She’s a lioness; don’t mess with her.
She’ll not spare you if you’re a prankster.
(a) Pick out the line that has a metaphor in it.
(b) Give your examples of metaphor to describe the qualities of a woman.
Answer:
(a) ‘She’s a lioness’ is the line that has a metaphor in it.
(b) “she is beauty innate’, ‘she is strength’, She is power” are examples of metaphors to describe the qualities of a woman.

3. She’s strong in her faith, firm in her belief.
(a) Pick out the alliterated words from the given lines.
(b) Pick out other alliterated words from the poem.
Answer:
(a) Faith, Firm; her, her are the alliterated words.
(b) Line 2: symbol, strength / Line 5: summer, see, spring
Line 6: says, spring / Line 8: she’s/she / Line 14: you, you’re / Line 15: saw, self-respect
Line 16:  saw, so .

C. Fill In with a word in each blank to complete the summary of the poem. Use the help.

(dignified, healthier, today’s, persistent, care, symbol, innate, fake, adversity, hope, life, disgrace, prankster, woman, near, faith, optimistic, quitter, thaw, respect, lioness, fear, beliefs, self respect, saw, strength)

Every woman is beautiful (1) …………….. She is the (2) ………….. of power and (3) …………….. She is prone to put her (4) ………….. at risk. Every woman is true in expressing her love and she is never (5) …………….. She is very (6) ………………. in her approach even at times of (7) …………… she finds a ray of (8) …………….. and she continues to (9) …………………. or her (10) ……………………. ones. She is the (11) ……………… and she has no (12) ……………. She is forceful in her (13) ………… and (14) …………….. She is never a (15) ……………….. and she is (16) ……………. She is ferocious like a (17) ……………… It’s better for the (18) ……………… to stay away from her. Never should one try to bring (19) …………………to her pride and (20) ……………… for she knows how to (21) …………… and (22) ………….. them. She is (23) ………………. woman. It is (24) …………………. to love her (25) ……………. her and to keep her (26) ……………….
Answers:

1. innate
2. symbol
3. strength
4. life
5. fake
6. optimistic
7. adversity
8. hope
9. care
10. near
11. woman
12. fear
13. faith
14. beliefs
15. quitter
16. persistent
17. lioness
18. prankster
19. disgrace
20. self-respect
21. thaw
22. saw
23. today’s
24. healthier
25. respect
26. dignified

D. Answer the following in a paragraph in about 80 to 100 words.

Question 1.
How are today’s women portrayed by the poet?
Answer:
Introduction:
The poet Rakhi Nariani Shirke was a teacher. She has a passion for writing poems as a medium of self-expression. The poem is about the wonderful qualities of a woman. It talks about the multi-faced nature of women.

Woman are brave:
The poet says that every woman is naturally beautiful. She is the symbol of power and strength. They are bold, strong, and resolute. They are always ready to take up any risk. She is very optimistic in her approach.

The woman the hope raiser:
Every woman is true in expressing her love. They are not fake. She has hope and cares for her near ones. They work tirelessly to prove themselves. They can solve problems. She is a woman with no fear.

Women’s courage:
She is never a quitter. She is always persistent. They are very strong in their faith. They don’t give up their desires. They are very firm in achieving goals. They are very powerful to lead a happy life.

Conclusion:
The poet is in the view that growth depends on the women. They must be treated well and respected in their life.

(OR)

Title: I am Every Woman
Poet: Rakhi Nariani Shirke
Theme: The qualities of the woman
Moral: Every woman is powerful

Today’s women are a symbol of power and strength. They are naturally beautiful. They take up any risk. She has hopes and cares for her near ones. They work tirelessly. They can solve problems. She is a woman with no fears. She is always persistent in her works. She is true in her faith and beliefs. They have overcome bad days. They teach to lead a happy life. They can overcome sighs, groans, and moans. Today’s woman should be loved and respected.

(OR)

1. Women are brave and strong
2. They work tirelessly
3. They can solve problems
4. They don’t give up
5. She is a woman with no fears
6. They have overcome bad days.
7. They teach to lead a happy life.
8. They should be loved and respected

(or)

Rakhi Nariani Shirke is an academician with a passion for writing poems as a medium of self-expression. This poem talks about the multifaceted nature of women. A woman is born beautiful and beauty is an inborn trait. She is a symbol of supremacy and strength. She takes risks in life for she is real and always genuine. Today’s women are empowered, brave, strong and resolute.

They are always ready to take up new ventures. They are persistent and work tirelessly to prove what they are capable of. Women have to be treated respectfully for the growth of a nation. As stated earlier, she is the symbol of strength as she is strong in her faith and beliefs. In spite of all the outbreaks and cries and laments, she is strong in her hope and firm in her trust. She is a lioness, brave and daring. She is a disciplinarian and will not tolerate your pranks with her. She is a woman of today smart and brave.

 

Question 2.
What qualities have made women powerful?
Answer:
Introduction:

The woman is made powerful due to her multifaceted personality. Today’s women are empowered, brave, strong and resolute. They love to explore and venture into new horizons. – They are persistent and work tirelessly to prove what they are capable of. Her inner beauty, her supremacy and strength makes her all-powerful. She exhibits her power by showcasing her fearless nature. She is the symbol of strength as she is strong in her faith and beliefs. She is seen as all-powerful because of her determined nature.

She may sigh, cry, and moan but is strong in her hope and firm in her trust. She is a lioness, brave, and daring and one dare not muddle with her. If anyone is a mischief-maker, she will not spare them. The woman should be feared cautiously since she would thaw or saw you for your deeds against her.

“A Woman believes in being strong, even when things seem to go wrong.”

(OR)

Title: I am Every Woman
Poet: Rakhi Nariani Shirke
Character: Woman
Theme: The qualities of empowered women

Every woman is naturally beautiful. She is the symbol of power and strength. She takes up any risk in life. She is always optimistic in everything. She has no fear. She cares for her near ones. She is very firm in her faith and beliefs. She is persistent to do any work. She is a lioness. She knows to freeze, cut, and size any mischievous man. So be careful of her. She is today’s woman to be loved and respected and kept near.

(OR)

1. Every woman has natural beauty.
2. She is the symbol of power and strength.
3. She always takes up any risk.
4. She has no fear.
5. She is truthful to faith and beliefs.
6. She is always persistent in her works.
7. She is a lioness.
8. She is today’s woman who love and respects her.

Summary of the poem I am Every Woman

The poem ‘I am Every Woman’ is about describing the special features of men. Here the poet describes the women as a symbol of love, faith, and strength. They are ready to “sacrifice their lives for their loved ones. They are strong in their faith and beliefs. Here the women ar€escribed as a lioness. The poet warns the pranksters not to mess with her. The poet tells that every woman s strong enough to bear the weight of the world. The poet concludes that with a kind heart people should take care of them.

About the Poet: Rakhi Nariani Shirke

Rakhi Nariani Shirke is an academician with a passion for writing poems as a medium of self-expression. She is a post-graduate, with a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She graduated from Jai Hind College, Mumbai and lives in Navi Mumbai. She is a teacher at -Ryan International School at Raigarh, Maharashtra, India.

Glossary:

innate (adj) – inborn and natural
prankster (n) – a person who acts
stake (n) – risk mischievous
persistence (n) – determination
groans (y) – complaints and grumbles
sigh (y) – expressing grief
moans (y) – grieves
mess with (p) – to tease or play a joke